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Vitology is Life


Martine Rothblatt


The Journal of Geoethical Nanotechnology

February 07, 2012

To avoid confusion we need a new, more appropriate term for the study of life than biology – which is now more properly understood as the study of life built from organic cellular chemistry.  A better term for the study of life is Vitology.


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Posted by Khannea Suntzu  on  02/13  at  10:55 AM

Like always you are ahead of the curve. Like always I find myself agreeing on all points, and it is just fabulous to read you statements.

The problem is (and my main criticism would be) is you create a new lingo and sexy set of noologisms that have little compelling relevancy to the actual world out there. “Coopetency”... “Geo-Ethical”... “Vitology”... these are hardly established mainstream concepts. I mean, anyone can be a philosophical stand up comedian and come up with a barrage of truly unique new concepts (hey I do so all the time) but what relevancy in the current cynical climate does this have?

This is by and large Terasem stuff. Mind you I just adore the whole Terasem shtick. But how can you make sure that these ideas won’t end up a marginal footnote in history?

If I may make the silly suggestion from the audience (remember those annoying old guys at The Muppet show) - hire a PR consultancy firm to better get these ideas across. These actually are very important concepts, but they aren’t innately compelling to all the ignoramuses out there that don’t immediately get it.





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